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Should the nation be that grateful to a corporation when they volunteer to stop causing environmental harm, when the harm should not even have been allowed to happen in the first place?

These days, why does it seem like the government is doing the exact opposite of what it should be doing?

Aside from whatever is going on in the Senate, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are among the least popular agencies due to their roles in approving projects perceived to be perpetuating the not-so-good status quo in environmental governance.

One such project is the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX) proposed by San Miguel Corporation (SMC), which could result in the loss of 617 mature trees along Quirino Avenue, with 200 already being removed from the area.